Events
In our mission to promote high academic achievement for all students at all levels, we host events around the country to learn from, inform, and empower educators, advocates, parents, and policy makers.
Check out any of our upcoming events, or browse back through our past events for summaries and available materials.
Equity-Driven • Data-Centered • Student-Focused
Reimagining How we Make School Spending Decisions
In this session, participants will learn how equity-oriented school spending data can inform school funding decisions being made right now in districts across …
Better Together: How to Bring More Authentic Voices to Your Advocacy Efforts
In this session, participants will learn how to incorporate the voices of students and parents in their advocacy and attendees will have the opportunity to ref…
Federal Education Policy: Past, Present, and Future
In this session, participants will hear about what’s moving in the federal policy space right now, how it will impact our education equity work, and what oppor…
Policy Advocacy for the School Principals Our Students Deserve
Participants will build their understanding of the importance of school principals and the kinds of state policies that can be used or changed to ensure that s…
Virtual Book Talk: Districts that Succeed
The Education Trust hosted a virtual book talk about Districts that Succeed moderated by Alia Wong, USA TODAY education reporter, and featuring:Author and Ed T…
Racial Equity Professional Institute: Advocacy, Access, and Accountability
The Education Trust, in partnership with the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison, hosted our second of three institutes that delve into racial equity issue…
Racial Equity Professional Institute: Equity Beyond Pell
The Education Trust, in partnership with peer organizations, Operation Restoration, From Prison Cells to Ph.D., and the Vera Institute of Justice hosted their …
Now What? Using Federal Aid for an Equitable Education Comeback
Now that the federal government has distributed billions of dollars in aid to states and school districts affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is time to make…
In Their Voices: Students Speak with Secretary Cardona
Hear student panelists from Michigan, New York, and Tennessee in a conversation with Secretary Cardona on June 24 from 7-8 p.m. ET. Students will share their o…
PLENARY: A Celebration of 2020 Advocacy in the States and Closing Remarks
Thank you for joining us for Ed Trust's April 2021 Equity Matters Bootcamp.As we come to a close we want to celebrate all the amazing work done in 2020 for equ…
BREAKOUT SESSION: Justice Fellows Policy Program Leading the Work with Justice Impacted Individuals
In this session, participants will hear from Ed Trust’s Justice Fellows on the issues impacting justice-impacted students. We will highlight the importance of …
BREAKOUT SESSION: Promise of Partnerships for Teacher Diversity
In this session, participants will hear from experts from Ed Trust and TNTP and practitioners from all levels of the teacher preparation system—the state, dist…
BREAKOUT SESSION: Asset-Based SEAD Policies and Practices to Support Students Returning to In-person Learning
The past year has been ripe with narratives about how students are struggling socially and emotionally, experiencing trauma, and falling behind academically. T…
BREAKOUT SESSION: Food Security as a Means of Realizing Education Equity
Our nation is in the midst of a pandemic, an economic downturn, and a continued reckoning with racial inequities and injustice. As a result, many students’ bas…
BREAKOUT SESSION: A Necessary Tool: Utilizing the Higher Ed Immigration Portal to Improve Educational Equity for Undocumented and Other Immigrant Students
In this session, participants will get an overview of a new tool from the Presidents Alliance, which maps out all the education policies impacting undocumented…
BREAKOUT SESSION: Federal Education Policy & Advocacy Opportunities in 2021
It has been over one year since the COVID-19 pandemic changed our education system as we know it in almost an instant. During that same timeframe, Congress act…
BREAKOUT SESSION: Relationships Matter: How to Build and Maintain Relationships with Reporters
Cultivating relationships with the media can feel like a daunting task for advocates trying to juggle it all. In this session, participants will learn about wh…
BREAKOUT SESSION: Dismantling Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education
States are receiving an unprecedented amount of funding for early care and education while facing unprecedented challenges in meeting the needs of our youngest…
PLENARY: Centering Families in Reimagining Education
On day two of Ed Trust's April 2021 Equity Matters Bootcamp, we started with a conversation between John B. King Jr. and Karen L. Mapp about the importance of …
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Focus on the 87th Texas Legislative Session – Equity Matters Bootcamp
During both days of Ed Trust’s virtual Bootcamp on April 14-15, we focused our time together as Texas advocates on key bills headed into the final weeks of the…
BREAKOUT SESSION: Unfinished Learning: A Crisis with a Solution
In this session, participants will learn about strategies to solve unfinished learning including: Intensive tutoring, extended learning time, and the importanc…